• @Akareth@lemmy.world
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    21 year ago

    Where I’m from, 12:00 a.m. (00:00) is the middle of the night (we call it midnight here), and morning begins when the sun rises (and we say “good morning” during our mornings).

    • 𝕽𝖔𝖔𝖙𝖎𝖊𝖘𝖙
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      11 year ago

      So if you worked at a hotel or airport or a coffee shop or something and you saw someone shortly before sunrise you would say “Good night” not “Good morning”?

      • @YoorWeb@lemmy.world
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        51 year ago

        Not all languages work the same way as English does. You shouldn’t think in English terms in this case. His language may use hello as a rule in these situations or have a completely different word without equivalent in English.